Predicted 0.08% boost from UK-Asia trade deal could be overestimate

The Independent

Jon Stone Policy Correspondent

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-asia-trade-deal-cptpp-b2313359.html

Outside paywall.

Seems this 0.08% meagre benefit from the latest Mega Trade Deal may be unlikely to be achieved.

Well there’s a surprise!

Sarah Green, the Liberal Democrat spokesperson for trade, said: “No matter which way you look at it, the official forecast says that the economic benefit from this deal will be small.”